All in Silence

By Ice Artificio


Bare my soul,
strip me naked of all
pretenses of courage and
acceptance, i possess neither
for the world, in all its beauty
would wither with your absence

Let me,
shudder in the cold wind,
embrace longing claws in darkness
cherish pangs of an anguished soul

Break free this silence of grief
reveal an insolent child condoling herself
because
other hands could not console
an emptiness for you

Let me,
crash and drown
in saline that is mine
for a single moment
allow a stature of helplessness

Unwill me to stand for others who grief
bid me to kneel alongside them
more than empathize with hearts who bleed
these veins may run dry
but facts will not be altered.

Let me,
forever be in this state
if it would grant me
a crack in the strands of time
to mutter what i failed to
those of affection and gratitude

Grant vain hopes
hear a response
graze your existence

Let me,
gnaw in envy for sentiments
that are not mine
and those of ours
hidden selfishly under
a blanket of sorrows

For i cannot,
no matter how distant
my screams would echo beyond the skies
i remain to be beneath them,
beneath you



---This is something i wrote for my kuya (kuya means older brother).This work, although it is not the finest as most would say, is very special to me. If in the event you wish to copy it, i do not mind as long as you credit. Thanks!^_^